Saturday, November 13, 2010

Project objective(s):
-Create a flower as if you were Georgia O'Keeffe
-Use a variety of lines in order to create an original composition
-Practice color fencing
-Learn about the properties of water colors

Discussing the art process and exchanging ideas is how we learn in art

The student understood how to use lines to create an original composition

"Blue is my favorite color"

"I made the red circle in the middle because I know how to draw a flower"

Saturday, November 6, 2010

-Learn how to 'read ' her pictures by looking carefully at the different symbols

The students viewed a power point presentation of the artist: Maggie Taylor.

In Taylor's work bunnies belong on people's heads.

In Taylor's work you can take your bunny for a walk!

The student is observing how the dog/human is facing sideways.

When the student was asked if there was a connection between the two dog/men, the student said: "No, because they are looking in opposite directions".

In Taylor's art, catching paper on the net is the objective!
This student is observing that the lady is not holding the net firmly.
"Her fingers seem loose" said the student.

"It looks like the girls are floating" said the student, "but I see trees behind them, and so they must not be floating!" Learning how to look for details is teaching the student that artists use a variety of elements in order to relate ideas.

When the student was asked, "What was odd about this picture?".The student responded: "There is a bird on the shoe of one of the men".
Maggie Taylor seems to be saying that using your imagination is a great thing!